Goldberg suffers from convenient amnesia
I tried to get through a Jonah Goldberg column this morning. It’s a semi-regular exercise in futility I try when his columns appear in the Chronicle. For those that want to try the same game I will...
View Article21st Century British Invasion
We are apparently experiencing a British Invasion of the 21st century. Those old enough to remember that Paul McCartney was in a band long before the one he has now, and before Wings, might remember...
View ArticleChuck Todd’s Problem Spotlights the Death of the Fourth Estate
On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, Chuck Todd made an offhand comment about how the White House had lost the messaging war about the Affordable Care Act, essentially admitting that Fox News and the...
View ArticleLying Liars and the Lies They Tell
If you haven’t had the opportunity, you should check out Thom Hartmann’s book Cracking the Code. Essentially, the book breaks down how politicians and political commentators are able to control what...
View ArticleBig Surprise: Weird Conspiracy Theories Tend to Be One Sided
Public Policy Polling released a new poll yesterday about conspiracy theories that circulate among political groups. The findings are pretty scary, and explain why those in Congress believe shutting...
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Epic New York Daily News Front Page
New York dailies have some of the best headlines of any local paper. The Daily News is famous for abrasive language on their covers. After the government shutdown Monday night, here was the cover on...
View ArticleThe Cult of Opinion
As we move through the first week of the government shutdown I can’t help but think that the so-called mass media has a lot to do with the problems we have been facing. Of course, we have the now...
View ArticleMedia Whore
First, some definitions I collected online, in no particular order: A person who craves media attention; someone who will apparently do anything to remain in the media spotlight. A media figure who...
View ArticleA Phony Choice
Sometime before the new year, Congress released its report on torture and the CIA. Charles Krauthammer wrote a column defending the CIA because “their methods had kept up safe.” I wrote a letter to the...
View ArticleReality is Dead
I intended to come on here and do a complete article on the failure of HERO (Houston Equal Rights Ordinance) at the last election on November 3rd. Then I realized something, that whole campaign can be...
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